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Louis Aulbach Buffalo Bayou research materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 599
Finding aid note: Nearline access facilitated by Woodson staff for this digital collection.

Scope and Contents

Research materials for the 2011 monograph published by Louis Aulbach entitled Buffalo Bayou : An echo of Houston's wilderness beginnings. Formats include typescript drafts of text for the book, notes, and images and copies of primary sources consulted such as photographs, newspaper and journal articles, and more.

Dates

  • 2011

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. This is an entirely digital collection, with access facilitated by staff at the Woodson Research Center (request by the identifier ms0599aip_001).

Conditions Governing Access

Nearline access facilitated by Woodson staff for this digital collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

A native Houstonian, Aulbach was a graduate of St. Thomas High School, Rice University and the University of Chicago. In 2008, he retired after over 17 years as the records management officer for the City of Houston. He served on the Harris County Historical Commission in the 2009-2010 term.

Aulbach also lead Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s history boat tours for many years.

Source: Buffalo Bayou Partnership. “Learn More about Houston's Roots with Local Historian Louis Aulbach at His Book Signing for 'Buffalo Bayou'.” Houston Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, 3 Oct. 2016, www.chron.com/life/health/article/Learn-more-about-Houston-s-roots-with-local-9568979.php.

Extent

2.89 Gigabytes (Nearline access facilitated by Woodson staff: ms0599aip_001 (2.89 GB))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Research materials for the 2011 monograph published by Louis Aulbach entitled Buffalo Bayou : An echo of Houston's wilderness beginnings. Formats include typescript drafts of text for the book, notes, and images and copies of primary sources consulted such as photographs, newspaper and journal articles, and more. This is an entirely digital collection, with access facilitated by staff at the Woodson Research Center.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Louis Aulbach Buffalo Bayou research materials, 2011
Status
Unprocessed Addenda
Author
Amanda Focke
Date
2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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